Ragi Pidi Kozhukkattai

Healthy Pidi Kozhukkattai - Ragi

Hai! Friends,

I tried to make some sweet for this Navarthri, and landed up in this healthy Pidi Kozhukkattai.

Ingredients

Ragi Flour (Finger Millet)  -  1 1/2 cup
Jaggery (Powdered)  -  1 1/4 cup
Cashew nuts  - 10
Raisins (Dried Grapes)  -  10
Ghee  -  2 tbsp.
Cardamom Powder  -  1/2 tsp
Salt  -  1 pinch
Water   -  3/4 cup

* Flour : Jaggery : Water  =  1 1/2 : 1 : 3/4
* As I like more sweet, I added extra Jaggery.

Method

Fry Cashew nuts, Raisins and Ragi flour in Ghee and keep aside.

Add water to Jaggery powder and filter it for impurities and bring to boil.

Add salt.

Add fried flour to the boiling jaggery  slowly. Take care that no lumps are formed.

Add cardamom powder and mix well.

Take it off from heat and now the mixture will be thick like ordinary Kozhakkatai Maavu.

Leave it for few minutes, so that it comes to cool.

Make medium sized balls and arrange it in Idli Cooker and cook for 8 minutes.

Now the Ragi - Healthy Pidi Kozhakkattai is ready to serve.

Have a nice day!

Kambu Kara Appam

Kara Appam - with Healthy Kambu

Here I prepared an appam with Kambu and I'm happy to give the preparation method.

  

Ingredients

Kambu  (Pearl Millet)  -  1 cup
Orid Dhall  -  1/2 cup
Boiled Rice  -  1 cup
Fenu Greek  -  1/2 tsp
Carrot  -  2
Onion  -  2
Ginger  -  1 finger sized
Green Chilli  -  2
Curry Leaves  -  2 stripes
Coriander Leaves  -  1 cup (finely chopped)
Mustard  -  1/2 tsp
Oil  - 
Salt  -  to Taste

Method

Soak Kambu (Pearl Millet), Orid Dhall, Rice and Fenugreek altogether.

Grind the soaked ingredients, with onion, carrot, curry leaves, ginger and green chilli to make a thick batter.

Batter must be nicely ground and thick and not watery.

Season the batter with Mustard seeds and Curry leaves.

Add grated Carrot and chopped Coriander leaves to the batter and mix well.

Preheat the Appakkaral (Kuzhi Paniyaram pan) and pour oil to each Kuzhi and prepare Appam and serve hot. It matches well with tomato chutney.

*  You can add a little water to the batter and prepare dosa.

Have a Nice Day.

Appam / அப்பம்

Khuzhi Appam

Hai friends,

Finally I learnt how to do this Kuzhi Appam. My favourite dish.

My mom does it very very well. I don't know how to express, it will be that much soft; hmmmm.... no words to say.....

Till now I know only to eat. But, Mummy....... I learnt it how to make. Ya hooooooooo.......................

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

Raw rice  -  1 cup
Rice flakes (Aval)  -  1/2 cup
Jaggary   -  1 1/2 cup
Cardomom   -  4
Coconut (grated)  -  1/4 cup
Oil  -  as required
Salt  -  1 pinch

 

Method:

Soak Rice and Aval separately for 2 hours.
Grind rice and aval separately. Add jaggary and cardamom and grind altogether to make a thick batter. 
Batter must be thick and not watery.
Add a pinch of salt and grated coconut to the batter and mix well.

Preheat the Appakkaaral (Kuzhi Paniyaram Pan) and put little oil in each Kuzhi. Pour the batter in each kuzhi. Put little oil and cook both sides in medium flame.

Serve hot.

Looks nice.  Am I right, friends?

Please leave your valuable comments to my improvement.

Have a nice day.

Veg-Kambu Chappathi

Kambu - Mixed Vegetable - Healthy Chappathi

Hai friends,

Today when I was trying to do some healthy dish, I landed up on this Kambu- Mixed Vegetable Chappathi.

Ingrediants

Kambu flour - 2cup
Wheat flout - 2 cup
Chow Chow (Grated) - 1/2 cup
Carrot (Grated) - 1/4 cup
White Raddish (Grated) - 1/4 cup
Coconut (Grated)
Coriander (Finely Chopped) - 1/4 cup
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil

Method

In a mixing bowl, take grated Chow Chow, Carrot, Raddish, Coconut, Coriander leaves, Cumin seeds, Salt, Turmeric powder and Chilli powder, and mix well. (You can take vegetables as per your wish and availability)

Season the mixed vegetables with mustard seeds and mix well.

Add Kambu flour and Wheat flour to the mixed vegetable and mix well. Make to a dough. (Water may not require, as it is obtained from the vegetables) 

Make Chappathis and serve hot. It matches well with Tomato Chutney and Coconut Chutney.

Have a healthy day!?!?

Beetroot Soup without Onion & Garlic

Beetroot Soup without Onion & Garlic

Today I tried a very different soup. All these days I was thinking that Soups cannot be done without Onion and Garlic but to my surprise, today I didn't use any garlic or onion, and it came very well.  You don't believe; My father-in-law will never take any contemporary dishes such as soups, but today, after tasting the soup, he asked for the second time. Oh! that was a great thing. I felt like, "VASHISHTAR VAAYAAL BRAHMARISHI PATTAM VAANGINADHU POLA"...

 

 

Ingredients

 

White Pumpkin (Chopped) - 1 cup

Beetroot (Chopped) - 1 cup

Sweet Corn - 1/2 Cup

Tomato - 1

Ginger - a small piece

Green Chilli - 1

Coriander leaves (finely Chopped) - 1/4 cup

Cumin Powder - 1tsp

Pepper Powder - 1tsp

Salt - to taste

(Actually I used the water of pumpkin, beetroot and corn which I boiled separately in pressure cooker for today's lunch.)

 

Method

 

Boil the Pumpkin, Beetroot and Corn separately in a pressure cooker. Don't drain the water.

Peel off the tomato skin and cut it into big pieces.

Grind tomato, green chilli, ginger and little coriander leaves. Make it to a fine paste.

Take a thick bottomed pan, add the paste, boiled vegetables with the water and cumin powder and mix it well. Bring to boil in low flame.

Add salt.

Garnish with pepper powder and coriander leaves. Serve hot.

 

As it is without Onion and Garlic, we can take during our Vrath days also.

Have a nice day. 

 

 

 

Mixed Fruit Jam - Home Made

MIXED FRUIT JAM  -  HOME MADE

I tried this Mixed Fruit Jam with the fruits that I bought for Vinayaka Chathurthi. And , trust me, it came very well. I love to give the recipe.



 

Ingredients

Apple - 2
Banana - 2
Pomegranate - 1
Black Grapes - 2 cups
Papaya - 2 Cups
Pine Apple - 5 slices
Lemon Juice - 2tsp
Sugar - 1/2 kg

* You can take fruits of your choice. If you want your Jam to be dark in colour then you can have more strawberries and black grapes. Take banana for that beautiful smell of the jam.

Method

1. Clean all fruits, and grind well in a mixer grinder to get a fine fruit pulp. (I got 4 cups of fruit pulp. So I took 2 cups Sugar - approximately 1/2 kg)

2. In a thick bottomed pan pour the pulp and add sugar and mix well and keep in medium flame. (If you use Induction Stove, then you can opt for slow cook option - this works really well)

3. If it starts thickening, then add lemon juice and mix well and continue.

4. Cook until jam thickens. It may take 1 to 1.30 hours in low flame. Stir regularly. You can stop cooking until the consistency is reached.

5. Remove from heat, allow to cool slightly. Immediately store in a sterilised Bottle.

To check if Jam is ready:

* If you pour your Jam, it should not flow in drops.

* Pour few drops of jam in a plate, it must stay firm without flowing.

How it looks? Try yourself and enjoy the taste. Definetely it tastes more than the branded one because it is the fruit of our labour. Am I right?

Have a Nice Day.